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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1883
Page
1
A crowded Thanksgiving page mixes prayers and daily scenes as a preacher expands a theme and families gather. Children, vehicles, and visible household details mingle with reflections on faith, gratitude, and communal life in a late 19th or early 20th century NY Graphic style.
A mother recalls Nathaniel’s voyage and a wild goose gifted for Thanksgiving. Years later a second gander appears, eerily identical to the one Nathaniel sent aloft, prompting memories of a missing sailor, a stormy coast, and a deeply felt family tale of loss and memory. The tale blends danger, homesickness, and a bittersweet reunion through a ghostly reminder at Christmas.
A cross section of federal postings notes that some long serving clerks retain steady rolls for loyalty and veteran service, with examples from the Post Office and Interior Departments. Accounts recount a 60 year postal tenure, relatives of Jefferson, and other aged staff, while acknowledging varied work outputs and modest salaries.
Michael Meding, 37, was arraigned in Farhan Police Court on charges linked to assault and threats against his wife, as Mrs. Rex, a charitable helper from Mormentia, testified that Meding repeatedly beat her friend and son toward starvation. She described his drunken abuse, his attempt to kill, and his threat to harm his wife with a razor. Meding, said to be from a respectable family, claimed sobriety but was noted as intoxicated. Justice Morgan fined him ten dollars for drunk and disorderly conduct and ordered a six month peace bond, with six months on Island if violated. Mrs. Rex’s account and the razor discovery were central to the case. Meding was later removed to the island.
The piece contrasts earthquakes with ongoing US deaths from alcohol. It laments gradual loss of life and property, urges safety over distant disasters, and notes local enforcement actions against liquor selling under Prohibitory law. The prose references Topeka and state fines, without clear dates or names.
Dr. J. H. Hannaford argues in Golden Rule that alcohol does not nourish and only taxes the heart. He notes increased heartbeats with four to eight ounces of alcohol, worsened circulation, and broader bodily debility, condemning medicinal use in heart disease as absurd.
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